Contract notice CN4012043 · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Legal Services
+$47k (+70.7%) since first published at $66k
- Procurement method
- limited tender
- Reason given
- Estimated value was under the procurement threshold.
- Term
- 2022-07-13 to 2024-06-30
- Published
- 2023-10-25
- Category (UNSPSC)
- 80120000
- Kind of work
- Legal (high confidence) AI-classified
- Agency reference
- 4600014960
Worth a closer look
Grew past the open-tender threshold: first published at $66k. The Commonwealth Procurement Rules require an agency to estimate a procurement’s maximum value, including options and extensions, before choosing how to buy. Open tender is generally required at or above the threshold.
Common explanations: Extra work that could not have been foreseen at award. A nominal value published at award and updated once the actual amount was known. A construction contract outside AusTender category 72, which we cannot tell apart from other services.
Published long after it started: published 469 days after start. The Commonwealth Procurement Rules require agencies to report contracts on AusTender within 42 days of entering into them.
Common explanations: A start date set earlier than signing, to cover work under an earlier arrangement. A lease or agreement republished under a new notice when it was renewed or varied. Administrative delay in reporting.
Value by financial year
The total value spread evenly from start to end date. estimate: annualised
| Financial year | Estimated amount |
|---|---|
| 2022-23 | $56k |
| 2023-24 | $58k |
Published versions
Every version of this notice we have loaded. Source: AusTender OCDS API.
| Date | Version | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2023-10-25 | original notice | $66k |
| 2024-02-23 | amendment | $113k |